"Meteora"
,
LINKIN PARK
's groundbreaking second album, was released in March 2003 and included the global hit singles
"Somewhere I Belong"
,
"Faint"
,
"Numb"
,
"Breaking The Habit"
and
"From The Inside"
. It has sold over eight million copies in the U.S. and has been certified multi-platinum, platinum, or gold in 15 countries.
To mark the 20th anniversary of this landmark release, it is being reissued on April 7 in multiple formats: Limited Edition Super Deluxe Box Set, 4 LP Deluxe Vinyl Box Set, 3-disc Deluxe CD and digital: all containing a wealth of previously unreleased or rare tracks. Among the unreleased tracks are several gems previously unknown to
LINKIN PARK
fans, including
"Lost"
? a fully realized track from the 2002 album recording sessions featuring stunning vocals from late frontman
Chester Bennington
.
LINKIN PARK
's
Mike Shinoda
said: "Finding
'Lost'
was like finding a favorite photo you had forgotten you'd taken, like it was waiting for the right moment to reveal itself."
LINKIN PARK
has been on hiatus since the death of
Bennington
in 2017.
Last April,
Shinoda
said that there are no plans for new music, albums or live shows from the band.
The 45-year-old musician, who was appointed Community Innovation Advisor of
Warner Recorded Music
(
WRM
),addressed
LINKIN PARK
's future during a
Twitch
livestream.
"The only
LINKIN PARK
news I have for you is that… Yeah, we talk every few weeks ? I talk to the guys, or some of the guys," he said. "And there's no tours, there's no music, there's no albums in the pipeline. Okay, so let me just tell you that. So just keep in your minds that that is not happening.
"I'm just gonna say that much for now," he continued. "I say that because anytime the band says anything or does anything, everyone tries to start up the hype train, and we're, like, 'No, no, no, no. Don't start up the hype train.' You're gonna disappoint yourself. Don't do that."
LINKIN PARK
has not performed together in public since October 2017, when the surviving members staged a tribute concert in Los Angeles to singer
Chester Bennington
. The band has not officially announced whether it intends to carry on following the death of
Bennington
, who committed suicide in July 2017 at the age of 41.
Four years ago,
Shinoda
shot down reports that
LINKIN PARK
was actively searching for a replacement for
Bennington
. In February 2019,
Shinoda
took to his
Twitter
account to write: "Lemme clarify a rumor: we are not looking for a new singer, and if it were to happen organically, I'd be open. Seems pretty clear, yet I guess some folks have a hard time understanding.
"I'm not into predicting the future. The future will happen."
Shinoda
made his comments in an apparent response to how the media covered an interview he gave to
Rock Antenne
. When asked about the possibility of finding a new singer,
Shinoda
said: "That's not my goal right now. I think it has to happen naturally. And if we find somebody that's a great person that we think is a good personality fit and a good stylistic fit, then I could see trying to do some stuff with somebody... I wouldn't wanna ever feel like we were replacing
Chester
."
Shinoda
added: "I know the other guys, they love to get onstage, they love to be in the studio, and so to not do that would be ? I don't know ? almost unhealthy. If doing that means that we need to have some other people in the mix in order to do it and do it well, then we would do that... But, like I said before, it has to happen naturally. I'm not running out and putting up 'vocalist wanted' posters."